Night without Borders

Chapter 476 Journey to Foreign Lands
In the pitch-black night, with howling winds, Qin Ming, his entire body gleaming, traversed endless clouds and mist, disappearing in an instant at an unbelievable speed.

At this moment, he was flying autonomously with his true body. This was a very special experience. Compared to the ethereal feeling of simply leaving one's body, the tactile sensation, wind speed, and airflow impact of flying with one's physical body were much more real and intense.

Qin Ming had always wanted to fly in his physical body and soar above the thick clouds, and now his wish had been initially fulfilled.

Wearing the legendary armor, he felt light and airy, without any sense of heaviness. It was clearly made of a different kind of metal, yet it felt as light as a feather.

Moreover, he felt that the armor was very breathable, as if it was breathing with him, and he could even feel the airflow and humidity. It could effectively isolate him from harm, while also clearly capturing changes in the environment.

Qin Ming was full of praise; this was truly a special weapon that suited his needs perfectly.

However, upon closer reflection, he felt that this was the proper way to do it, after all, this was the divine furnace of the Eight Views Palace.

The Eight Views Palace, also known as the Tushita Palace, what kind of place is that? It's the legendary supreme place.

The more Qin Ming pondered it, the deeper his strange feelings became.

According to the records in the books unearthed underground, in the era when there was a sun, for a considerable period of time, people lived in buildings made of reinforced concrete, leading ordinary lives.

As for the Eight Views Palace, it is just a mythical thing. Although it is mentioned, it should not be taken seriously.

After the sun disappeared, everything changed.

Giant monsters and mountain-like plants appeared out of nowhere, causing the living environment to deteriorate rapidly.

Subsequently, some creatures began to regenerate their physical bodies, their consciousness left their bodies, they could travel in the night fog, and various extraordinary abilities appeared.

Later, even the Tushita Palace ceased to be ethereal, and the mythical object began to appear in this world.

Qin Ming asked, "Just how ancient are you? In what era were you born? How far removed are you from the world we live in today?"

The armor hummed softly and said, "I am merely a fragmented artifact spirit and cannot answer your question."

Immediately, Qin Ming reminded him, "The Night Fog World is vast and boundless. Traveling like this is too conspicuous. We should quickly conceal our brilliant divine glow."

Another reason is that he didn't feel anything at first, but after a while, he felt extremely exhausted. If he kept traveling like this, once the novelty wore off, all that would be left was endless fatigue.

The furnace lid was actually testing him to see how deep his foundation was. The spirit of the vessel was already shocked; although it was a damaged vessel, its level was terrifyingly high.

However, this boy was able to hold on, and even persevere for a while.

"Don't worry, I've explored this area, and there's no danger." As he spoke, the flames on his battle suit extinguished, and he went completely dark.

Its flight speed slowed down, and the consumption of spiritual matter decreased significantly.

Qin Ming realized that this legendary furnace might be deliberately testing him.

"With your talent, even if you don't join the Eight Views Palace, you can still become a very high-ranking guardian outside the mountains." Old Furnace organized his words, and surprisingly, he was trying to win over the spirit of the artifact, just like Liu Yu.

The main reason is that it has been observing for a year, and the more it gets to know the boy, the more shocked it becomes, as the boy in front of it exhibits all sorts of incredible behaviors.

Qin Ming asked, "Leaving aside the Blood Chain and Dao Chain, will you give Yue Fei as a gift after she becomes a protector of your Eight Trigrams Palace?"

"No, we don't have such rules in our High Land!" The broken spirit of the Eight Trigrams Furnace was dissatisfied and felt offended.

Qin Ming laughed and said, "So you're going to send the Moon Empress to her?"

The furnace lid said, "It can send you through a Samadhi True Fire Tribulation."

"You see, you lack sincerity." Qin Ming stopped there. Even if this ancient artifact spirit was in a state of "ignorance" with its fragmented consciousness obscured by dust, one could not speak to it too casually.

Soon, the dim divine robes carried Qin Ming as they swooped down, landing on the earth shrouded in the thick of night, heading towards an area enveloped in dense fog.

"The Gate of the Mist." Qin Ming knew that they were about to traverse the vast world. After stepping through this gate, they would be teleported tens of thousands of miles away.

After the sun disappeared, night fog appeared, and the whole world became incomprehensible, no longer on a single star; the night fog seemed to connect to an endless land.

The Fog Gate can quickly shorten the distance between two unknown lands.

Qin Ming walked in; this place was quite different from the void path opened up by the Night State Ancestor.

Thick fog billowed, and the surrounding scenery was barely discernible, but the further he went, the more blurred his vision became. He strode forward quickly.

A moment later, he emerged from the thick fog and was greeted by a chilling cold. The world was a vast expanse of white, and it was snowing heavily. When he breathed, his mouth and nose were filled with icy white mist.

As far as the eye can see, the mountains and rivers are covered in ice and snow.

It should be noted that behind him, on the other side of the fog, it was still the season of lush vegetation.

"How far are we from Yezhou?" Qin Ming asked.

"At least 500,000 li," the broken artifact spirit informed them.

In this region, the artifact spirit has become much more low-key, because, according to it, it discovered the lair of a rather powerful creature while exploring the area.

However, they did not linger in this area where the fire springs were relatively concentrated. They quickly found the Misty Gate and quietly disappeared.

And so, after many days of travel, passing through twelve mist gates, Qin Ming was finally approaching his destination.

He was shocked. It was such a long journey to reach the edge of the territory radiated by Yujing.

That's at least millions of miles away, even further than he estimated!
Qin Ming inquired about the Eight Trigrams Furnace and was told that it had not measured it either, but had only personally crossed one or two areas; the other areas were all passages through the Misty Gate.

The spirit told him that he would reach his destination after passing through one more fog gate.

In fact, Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran had been exploring the area earlier, but in the last six months, the distance became increasingly "lively," and they finally left the area radiated by Yujing.

"Which supreme civilization does this unknown land belong to?" Qin Ming asked.

"It belongs to unclaimed land. You should know that even the strongest lineages are like isolated islands in the boundless world of night fog, like being located in the depths of an endless ocean, extremely far apart from each other. There are many incomprehensible and dangerous places along the way, all of which are mysterious areas that have never been explored."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming was immediately stunned.

He truly couldn't comprehend this boundless world. Even if the sun, moon, and stars were to fall, wouldn't the vast and endless sea of ​​night mist be able to hold them back?

"Pitch black, devoid of light, with no boundaries—is this a mysterious fog connecting the original celestial sphere?"

"Or are these separate abyssal civilizations, not connected together, but mysteriously linked through the night fog after being covered by a strange mist?"

Qin Ming felt that no explanation made sense, and many of them were not in line with reality.

He asked the spirit, "In the beginning, before the night fog, where was your Tushita Palace? Was the mythical land like it is now?"

His divine robes rustled softly, as if in thought, before he finally sighed, "That day..."

Qin Ming was startled. Could it really answer the question? At that moment, he even held his breath.

"On that day, after my true consciousness was shattered, my main memories completely collapsed, and I could no longer recall the important scenes from the past. Only the lingering echoes remained on the decaying furnace body, not yet completely dissipated."

While Qin Ming was disappointed, he also gasped. The information revealed by the old furnace was quite frightening if he thought about it deeply. The current Bagua Furnace was obviously extraordinary, but it said that it was decaying and that the spirit of the artifact was just a remnant. The real thing seemed to be... dead!
The old furnace said, "Later generations have repaired my decaying furnace body many times, but it's no use. When it's really 'bumped', its true condition will still be revealed."

Qin Ming asked some more questions, but it was like an old man with amnesia, all that remained was decay and emptiness. As for its glorious past, it had long since vanished with the wind, and it could not say anything.

"Why is there such a commotion ahead?" Along the way, Qin Ming carefully inquired about the situation at his destination.

The spirit said, "About a year ago, someone was alarmed to discover that it was a remnant of the fallen Flying Immortal Mountain. About half a year ago, it was fully exposed, and people from other regions have been rushing to explore it."

Qin Ming looked surprised upon hearing this, as he was naturally familiar with the name Feixian Mountain.

It belongs to the legends, located in the deepest part of the Night Fog world, but its name is spread in various places, and there is a saying that no mountain is greater than it.

"It is said that Mount Feixian was once suspended in the sky and was a huge mountain range. It was struck and fell to the ground in an unknown era. After the main mountain landed, it became an unexplorable place, but many powerful people believed that it was extraordinary. Divine magnetic storms often appear nearby, and even gods who want to explore it will be blown away by the storms."

Many people speculate that, not only can earth-immortal herbs grow there, but even heavenly divine herbs can be cultivated there.

Qin Ming's heart skipped a beat; he remembered the notes that Old Liu had left in Kunling.

Liu Mo once mentioned that when he first escaped from Yujing, he saw a being near Kunlun who had reached the Great Perfection of the Seven-Day Realm, almost becoming an Eight-Day Realm cultivator. That being had been swept away by the Divine Magnetic Storm. Since the main mountain of Feixian Mountain is so mystical and inaccessible, its remnants in other regions are naturally not simple either, and likely hold opportunities and secrets.

Therefore, after the remnants of Feixian Mountain were discovered, the once quiet and nameless land in front of it suddenly became lively.

Not far from the Misty Gate, Qin Ming will officially leave the territory radiated by Jade Capital.

Suddenly, the Bagua Divine Robe on Qin Ming's body not only dimmed rapidly, but also completely lost its spirituality, blending into the night.

Qin Ming hid in the mountains and forests, motionless. His armor isolated him from the outside world, and no trace of his aura was leaked. He communicated with the spirit of the artifact in secret.

He transmitted his voice, "That's a Grandmaster-level creature. We'd better not cause any unnecessary trouble."

The spirit responded, "A grandmaster who has decayed to the extreme, he is about to die, hmm? I didn't realize it before, but in his prime he was very likely a god!"

In the night sky, a gaunt human figure, hunched over, with a deathly pale face, looked like a person who had just been buried in a coffin. Behind him were a pair of jet-black wings, with dark feathers falling from time to time as they flapped.

A huge black feather drifted down not far from Qin Ming. It turned to ash upon landing, corroding and withering the grass and trees, eventually turning to ashes like the feather itself.

"Is this... a deity?" Qin Ming stared at his departing figure.

The spirit said, "I don't know if he was once a Mao God or an Earth Immortal, but right now he's only at the Grandmaster level and can't cause any big trouble."

If it is a spirit, the patriarch can deal with it. If it was once an earth immortal, then its past must have been very splendid, but it is also tragic that it has ended up in such a state.

"Don't even mention Earth Immortals. Even Celestial Immortals, when their lifespan is about to end, once they are completely decayed, are not much better off than them. They fall down one realm after another. In the last moment, when all their spiritual matter is scattered back into the world, they are not even as good as ordinary people. A wild dog can kill them."

Therefore, when celestial immortals and earth immortals are about to completely decay, most of them will immediately sit in meditation and pass away, thus maintaining their dignity and leaving behind a solid immortal shell, rather than struggling to the last moment and completely decaying.

Clearly, the deity, even on the verge of death, had not given up. Perhaps it was due to its strong obsession, or perhaps it was simply its nature, but it was determined to fight to the very last moment in an attempt to save itself.

Without a doubt, his target was the remnant of Feixian Mountain, where he sought a path to immortality.

Qin Ming and his group followed at a leisurely pace. After some time, they passed through the fog gate and immediately heard a shrill roar, like a vengeful ghost howling in pain, which sent chills down their spines.

The decaying god churned and writhed above the mountains ahead, its black feathers falling one by one, turning to ashes in the night wind.

His aged and deathly pale face began to regain color, and as it cracked, it gradually twisted and looked extremely ferocious.

Finally, his wings were gone, and his hunched humanoid body, wrapped in a black robe, plunged into the forest, disappearing into the distance with a deep, muffled roar.

"What's wrong with him?" Qin Ming asked.

"Don't you feel anything?" the spirit asked.

"What does it feel like?" Qin Ming asked, puzzled.

The spirit said, "In the past year or so, the environment of heaven and earth has been changing every day, especially recently. After leaving the area radiated by Jade Capital, and with the Dao rhythm changing, do you feel any discomfort in your body?"

"It's alright," Qin Ming said vaguely.

Upon hearing this, Bagua Furnace immediately knew that he had not been affected in any way.

"Your foundation... is almost unbelievably strong!"

Whether it was a Mao Shen or a Di Xian-level creature, both of them had once been glorious and had a very solid foundation. However, after changing to a different world, they suffered such painful torment.

"Perhaps his cultivation level is too high," Qin Ming said.

In Yezhou, the first to be affected were Earth Immortals and Patriarchs, then Grandmasters, and now even Grandmasters have gone into seclusion and are no longer appearing in the world.

The situation must be just as dire overseas.

Soon after, Qin Ming saw several elderly remains, all incomplete and gnawed by wild animals, but they were eventually abandoned.

"The Daoist energy surged so powerfully that even the ferocious beasts in this area dared not lay a finger on it."

Some of the corpses were completely rotten, while others still had flesh and blood. They were all old cultivators who were nearing the end of their lives. In order to prolong their lives, they came to this foreign land, but they couldn't even overcome the challenge of clashing Dao auras. They were not grandmasters.

"A year has passed in a flash, and even cultivators at the fourth realm have been severely affected," Qin Ming muttered to himself.

"That's not all; even beings in the third realm have been terribly affected," the artifact spirit informed.

"Could it be that the environment has changed drastically and they're about to start eradicating the laws?" Qin Ming frowned.

The spirit of the artifact refuted his guess, saying, "Wrong. It must be extremely prosperous, with the survival of the fittest. The real world will be unveiled, and even stronger Daoist energy will surge. After a brief period of suffocation, the future will be extremely brilliant!"

Qin Ming said, "But being born into this world may lead to a very bad ending, perhaps sacrificing a generation, or even several generations."

The spirit said, "Fire refines true gold, and besides, it shouldn't last that long."

On the way, Qin Ming saw another old spider, as big as a house, writhing in agony. After a long time, it finally got up unsteadily and crawled away into the distance.

This was a creature that had arrived not long ago, and at the Grandmaster level, it had finally managed to survive.

Beyond the highest lineage lies a vast and boundless territory. After traveling for several days, Qin Ming finally arrived near the remnants of Feixian Mountain. Looking ahead, the night mist shrouded the area, and the mountain shadows were layered and unremarkable, but the interior was far beyond his imagination.

In fact, the local creatures knew long ago that this place was special, extremely dangerous and terrifying. Throughout history, people have gone to explore it. Some have been blessed and left alive, while many more have been left there forever.

Now that the news has spread to other regions, the situation here has become even more complicated.

"Did you sense Qingyue and Jiang Ran's presence?" Qin Ming asked.

The night was hazy, and the so-called "remnants" in front of us were actually a continuous and magnificent stretch, with layers upon layers of mountains that seemed to have no end in sight.

"They should have gone into the mountains. I can only vaguely sense them. This mountain range is too special, and it can isolate us from the outside world." Originally, the spirit of the artifact should have been able to sense the main body of the Eight Trigrams Furnace immediately.

At this moment, deep within the remnants of Feixian Mountain, there were many teams of all kinds of races, ranging from flying elephants tens of meters high circling in the air to teams of silver-spotted strange insects the size of a fingernail moving at high speed through the soil.

Two girls, who had deliberately made themselves look disheveled, were now following a group composed entirely of humans, their eyes the only clear feature of them.

Clearly, these two seemingly disheveled but actually clever and mischievous girls were the people Qin Ming was looking for, and they had been exploring this place for the past few months.

Despite possessing special weapons, they still narrowly escaped danger, but they all gained considerable experience and gained a profound understanding of the terrifying and mysterious remnants of Feixian Mountain.

……

"What? A magnetic storm once struck here, even overturning a giant black tower that stood in the clouds?" Qin Ming learned this news unexpectedly while wandering outside the mountains and talking to the locals.

He strongly suspected that the giant tower was the Black Tower civilization that he had suddenly stumbled into when he was competing for the new rankings in the heavens. He never imagined that they had also been here.

"The Black Tower is gone, but their saints remain."

Upon learning this, Qin Ming's expression changed.

He had fought those two saints. One of them had once called himself the Lord of Jade Capital. The two of them were stopped by New List and Black Tower before they could determine a winner. The other female saint was defeated by him.

The Black Tower civilization has even gotten involved; this place must be extraordinary.

"I sense... the aura of a demon cultivator." The yellow umbrella suddenly transmitted its voice; it was a cultivator from its own civilization who had also joined the fray.

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming gasped in shock. Even some of the most powerful places had made their move? Was Flying Immortal Mountain really that important that even its remnants were so alluring?

He believes that perhaps not only these two top civilizations have emerged, but perhaps other supreme realms have sent people to this place.

Fortunately, the deteriorating environment has deterred some truly ancient relics from moving around freely.

Qin Ming was unfamiliar with the area, so he decided to explore it first and then join a local team to follow the main group into the mountains.

He had a premonition that something extraordinary or a miracle might be born here.

"Am I seeing things? Sister, I think I just saw a familiar figure disappear in a flash?" In the distance, a person saw Qin Ming's disappearing afterimage and couldn't help but show a look of doubt.

(End of this chapter)